Ocean City MD Average Temperatures by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Ocean City, Maryland during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the resort town, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Ocean City, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Ocean City, 2010 to 2019
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
44	27	January	7	-3
47	30	February	8	-1
66	45	March	19	7
63	45	April	17	7
72	56	May	22	13
80	65	June	27	18
85	70	July	29	21
83	67	August	28	20
78	63	September	25	17
68	51	October	20	11
57	38	November	14	4
51	33	December	10	1
65	48	Year	18	9

30-year temperature averages for Ocean City, 1991 to 2020
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
45	28	January	7	-2
47	29	February	8	-2
52	35	March	11	2
62	44	April	16	7
70	53	May	21	12
79	63	June	26	17
84	68	July	29	20
83	67	August	28	20
77	61	September	25	16
68	49	October	20	10
58	39	November	14	4
50	32	December	10	0
64	48	Year	18	9

Days of Hot Weather in Ocean City

Most summer days at Ocean City heat up into the 80s Fahrenheit. Typically 13 of those reach 90 degrees or more. Only once every two or three years on average does the temperature at this beach destination make it to 100 °F (38 °C).

Number of days in Ocean City of at least 70, 80 or 90 °F
	70 °F 21 °C	80 °F 27 °C	90 °F 32 °C
January	0	0	0
February	0	0	0
March	2	0	0
April	6	1	0
May	17	6	0
June	28	16	3
July	31	24	6
August	31	24	3
September	28	10	1
October	14	2	0
November	2	0	0
December	1	0	0
Year	160	83	13

How Often Ocean City Has Cold Temperatures

While freezing nighttime temperatures are common during winter at Ocean City, the nights don't often get bitterly cold. It typically drops down to 10 °F (-12 °C) or below on one or two nights a year.

The beach town normally has 81 nights below freezing, including most nights from December to early March. Yet most winter days are mild. Only six days a year fail to warm up to above 32 °F. Days that chilly most often occur in January.

Days per month on average in Ocean City when the minimum temperature drops to 32 or 20 °F or below
	20 °F -8 °C	32 °F 0 °C
January	7	22
February	4	18
March	1	12
April	0	2
May	0	0
June	0	0
July	0	0
August	0	0
September	0	0
October	0	1
November	0	8
December	2	18
Year	15	81

Ocean City Temperatures: Averages by Month

Days of Hot Weather in Ocean City

How Often Ocean City Has Cold Temperatures

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